Another turbo 5.3L fox notch drag car

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

04-06-2011, 11:59 AM

#41

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Lets me work on some pricing with and with out trans cross member. What trans will you be running? I can use my car to jig off of if its a th400.

Reply Like

04-08-2011, 01:02 AM

#42

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

few shots of trans cross member.

Reply Like

04-08-2011, 01:07 AM

#43

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

I have been working on reinstalling/mounting my gutted out dash shell. And I made a sheet metal gauge plate and center plate to connect tunnel to middle of the dash where ill be mounting switches etc.

Reply Like

04-17-2011, 12:58 AM

#44

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Spent 13 hours with four buddies going to town on this car today. Finished routing all the fuel lines, battery cables and wired almost the whole engine/ecu/chassis lighting. Need to mount the shifter and wire dash next.

Reply Like

04-17-2011, 11:34 AM

#45

9389coupe

Teching In

iTrader: (5)

Join Date: Oct 2010

Posts: 16

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Sorry, I just saw the question about the trans. I cannot decide between a glide and a th400. I'm slowly doing a 370, blow thru single turbo setup. Mostly track, but some street so probably the glide.

Reply Like

04-17-2011, 12:37 PM

#46

Tireburnin

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (42)

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: San Diego, CA

Posts: 1,005

Likes: 0

Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

Wow, that is really coming along nicely. Time for another picture update!

Reply Like

04-17-2011, 11:29 PM

#47

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Shifter is mounted, hooked up, and wired as of tonight. Ill be working on the dash wiring switch, gauge mounting tomorrow. If all goes well ill be trying to fire it off Tuesday night. Ill get some progress pics up tomorrow evening.

Reply Like

04-17-2011, 11:40 PM

#48

gnx7

TECH Junkie

iTrader: (28)

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: San Francisco, CA

Posts: 3,483

Likes: 63

Received 168 Likes on 111 Posts

Nice progress! Have you weighed the car yet? Wonder what it'll be? I know notchbacks can be made to be very very light....

Reply Like

04-18-2011, 12:02 AM

#49

1904gto

TECH Apprentice

iTrader: (4)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Posts: 334

Likes: 0

Received 1 Like on 1 Post

nice your in san diego? maybe ill see you sometime at Barona. im always there. nice build,

Reply Like

04-18-2011, 09:22 AM

#50

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Yes I'm in SD and I plan on being there at barona alot this summer.

Reply Like

04-18-2011, 11:49 AM

#51

Tireburnin

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (42)

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: San Diego, CA

Posts: 1,005

Likes: 0

Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

I reduce my number of Barona trips in the summer....it gets HOT out there. Haha

Reply Like

04-18-2011, 01:39 PM

#52

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

True. There is always qualcom not the greatest but it would be cooler.

Reply Like

04-20-2011, 11:04 AM

#53

trav-tech

Launching!

Thread Starter

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: san diego ca.

Posts: 256

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Finished the megasquirt3 wiring last night and Jerry rigged the wires needed to start it up. Just to hear it run. Tonight I got to dig it out of the shop and load it on a trailer so I can take it to get the chassis certified on Thursday evening. Then its just finish dash wiring and Dyno tune it.

Reply Like